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ZaneO Posts: 41 Joined: 2004/09/19	2007/01/05, 09:40 PM My girlfriend is a personal trainer at a women's only fitness center, and I am curious about some of the information the club is promoting to its trainers and clients. A fairly typical routine is 40 minutes cardio followed by 20 minutes weight training. With weight loss as the key goal for most clients, they are saying: 1. protein isn't really important post-workout, but replacing glycogen/glucose is crucial 2. a 60/20/20 c/p/f is the proper daily breakdown What do you all think of this? Is it accurate in this circumstance?
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2007/01/05, 09:59 PM They will lsoe weight, pre se, but much of it will be muscle with 40 minutes of cardio before lifting, IMO. The dietary breakdown is staying within the fda suggested guidelines (being on the 'safe' side), again, they will lose mass from not enough protein and the carbs will feed the cardio. This will, in turn, slow their metabolisms, eventually leading to more drastic amounts of cardio, tissue loss, calorie reduction, etc. Don't worry, they will all lose some weight, then plateau, then get frustarted and either join a real gym, find a real trainer, or regain it all and give up on fitness. But that is okay, there is a sucker born every minute and these centers seem to stay plenty busy. Aren't these women's only centers grand? -------------- Until you value yourself you will not value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. M. Scott Peck
ZaneO Posts: 41 Joined: 2004/09/19	2007/01/05, 10:10 PM So what is your recommended dietary breakdown to lose excess fat?
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2007/01/06, 09:51 AM It will vary person to person, as some people are better carb burners than others, but a good starting point is 40/40/20 P/C/F or 40/30/30 P/C/F, then you can fine tune it. But if you are over your base calroic intake in any ratio, you probably won't lose weight. There is no magic ratio. I have had really good success with my challenge group in the pro forum with a 50/20/30 P/C/F ratio. This has been discussed a lot. try doing a fitbuddy search on ratio or macro nutrient ratios. -------------- Until you value yourself you will not value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. M. Scott Peck
shaunbroyhill Posts: 115 Joined: 2006/12/30	2007/01/06, 02:01 PM The reason why they spout this stuff is basic salesmanship. What they desire is the person to lose weight, feel happy about it, end the program. 6 months later when they have regained all the weight, they will feel depressed, and hopefully buy another program from the company that it "worked so well". Places like this make most their money on inflated initiation fees.